Jan.20

Know (Content Literacy)

• all content areas use reading
• answer keys (always right?)
• essay questions in all content area? Carry over into content areas.
• Vocab words are content specific--necessary to learn
• Textbooks has its own features
• Strategies can be used in multiple content areas (common language)

What do we want to learn

• texts for students, for MY students, adaptable for all types of students?
• Differentiation of instruction
• Strategies to use in content area (math)
• Strategies to help teachers work together on strategies?
• Supplemental texts
• Getting students to be critical of authorship? Critical Readers
• Writing (ex. fact vs. opinion)
• Writing in complete sentences....ya know?
• Assessment of writing in content areas?
• Using technology wisely
• Reading process in content area
• Vocab strategies & instruction
• How to connect reading and technology at the K-1-2 level (SH)